When contrasting catastrophism with uniformitarianism,
a. catastrophism was published first and proposed that all of Earth's landscapes were formed by a single catastrophic event, whereas uniformitarianism, which was published over a century later, proposed that the physical, chemical, and biological processes that operate today have also operated in the geologic past.
b. catastrophism was published first, and it proposed that Earth's landscapes were formed by catastrophic events. On the other hand, uniformitarianism was published over a century later and proposed that the physical, chemical, and biological processes that operate today have also operated in the geologic past.
c. catastrophism was published first and proposed that Earth's landscapes were formed by catastrophic events, whereas uniformitarianism, which was published over a century later, proposed that all of Earth's landscapes were formed by a single event.
d. uniformitarianism was published first and proposed that all of Earth's landscapes were formed by a single event, whereas catastrophism, which was published over a century later, proposed that Earth's landscapes were formed by catastrophic events.
e. uniformitarianism was published first, and it proposed that the physical, chemical, and biological processes that operate today have also operated in the geologic past. On the other hand, catastrophism was published over a century later and proposed that Earth's landscapes were formed by catastrophic events.
b. catastrophism was published first, and it proposed that Earth's landscapes were formed by catastrophic events. On the other hand, uniformitarianism was published over a century later and proposed that the physical, chemical, and biological processes that operate today have also operated in the geologic past.
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